Royal fans claim baby Prince Edward ‘looks like Prince Louis’ at the same age

Royal fans have claimed baby Prince Edward looks like his great-nephew Prince Louis after the Royal Family shared a sweet throwback snap of the Earl of Wessex to celebrate his 56th birthday on Tuesday.

Taking to the official Instagram account, the Queen, 93, paid tribute to her youngest son, sharing a picture of Edward as a baby in 1965, alongside Prince Philip, and a young Prince Charles, Princess Anne and Prince Andrew.

‘Happy birthday to The Earl of Wessex, who celebrates his 56th birthday today,’ the caption read.

But royal fans couldn’t help but notice the striking similarity between Edward and Prince William and Kate Middleton’s youngest son, Prince Louis, one, at the same age.

One royal fan wrote: ‘Looks like Louis,’ while a second agreed: ‘Wow!!!! That looks like Prince Louis’ (pictured)

‘Looks like Louis,’ enthused one, while a second agreed: ‘I’m happy to see that Prince Louis looks after his uncle who is an amazing human being. Happy Birthday HRH. May your life be long and filled with happy and joyful love.’ 

A third added: ‘Wow!!!! That looks like Prince Louis.’

Meanwhile, others took to the comments section to say how they thought young Prince Edward also looked like Prince William and Prince George.

‘Prince Edward baby looks like George and Louis little bit,’ suggested one, while a second commented: ‘He looks like Prince William.’   

And taking to Twitter, the royal family posted a picture of the Queen explaining the details of the Trooping of the Colour to her youngest son Prince Edward at Buckingham Palace in 1972

Also in the original photograph was Prince Philip, and a young Prince Charles, Princess Anne and Prince Andrew

‘Happy birthday to The Earl of Wessex, who celebrates his 56th birthday today,’ the caption on the Royal Family Instagram read

The adorable post has since garnered 185, 000 likes and hundreds of comments – with one well-wisher writing: ‘So cute!! He still has the same face!!’.

Another added: ‘So Happy Ed got a happy family!’, while a further commented: ‘Queen Elizabeth looks so gorgeous’. 

Elsewhere one even claimed: ‘Prince George looks exactly like young Prince Edward’.

Edward was born on 10 March 1964 and is the third son and youngest child of The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. 

The Earl of Wessex spent his birthday visiting a local community centre in Mersea Island alongside his wife, Sophie Wessex.

He looked delighted to be handed a giant yellow birthday card from a young local, shortly before he opted to elbow bump rather than shake hands with a fan amid the growing concerns for coronavirus.

A delighted Prince Edward crouched down after being given a handmade birthday card during a visit to a local community centre on his birthday on Wednesday